This was an uneven Manchester United display lit up by the stellar talent of Marcus Rashford. José Mourinho’s team were heading for a draw or worse until the teenager took hold of this Group A game following the break. Rashford had been terrorising Benfica with his pace when he stepped up to take...

Champions League updates from the 7.45pm BST kick-off in Lisbon And you can mail paul.doyle@theguardian.com or tweet @Paul_Doyle 7.02pm BST The 18-year-old Belgian Mile Svilar becomes the youngest goalkeeper to start a Champions League match, beating the record previously held by Iker Casillas, c...

Speaking before his Manchester United side's Champions League match against Benfica, José Mourinho posited that the British media had taken comments he made about his future out of context. Mourinho claimed that Arsène Wenger is the last manager who'll last at a club at the top level for a long p...

With the notable exception of José Mourinho’s stifling tactics at Anfield it had always seemed a question of when, not if, Liverpool would polish their performances with a finishing touch. The answer arrived in emphatic style in Maribor, where Jürgen Klopp’s side recorded the biggest away win in...

• Portuguese claims that in football, the ‘future is tomorrow’ • He signed a three-year deal when becoming manager in 2016 José Mourinho has refused to commit his long-term future to Manchester United, with the manager stating that in football, the “future is tomorrow”. The Portuguese is nearing...

• Liverpool defender says Manchester United player ‘could move away’ • FA backs referee in deciding Lukaku should not face any action Dejan Lovren has made the startling claim that Romelu Lukaku deliberately stamped on his face during Liverpool’s goalless draw against Manchester United . The Croa...

• Mourinho not seeking move but wants deal to reflect his success there • Manager, who earns around £15m a year, won two trophies last season José Mourinho is minded to sign a new contract at Manchester United but will do so only if he believes the terms reflect his achievements at the club and i...

Anthony Knockaert could make all the difference fro Brighton, Pablo Zabaleta is fed up with West Ham’s ill-discipline and Kevin de Bruyne is drawing more praise Mark Hughes was in no doubt he had witnessed the favourites for the title. “Clearly I would say that after being beaten 7-2 but they do...

• Portuguese says ‘something special’ happening at Paris Saint-Germain • ‘I am still a coach with the desire to do new things, ’ Mourinho says José Mourinho has ruled out spending the rest of his career at Manchester United while talking up the “special” project at Paris Saint-Germain. The Portug...

• Forward learned trade at Everton but embraces ethos at Manchester United • Despite draw at Liverpool he is in side ‘who want to win against big teams’ Romelu Lukaku has claimed there is no doubt he will deliver on the big occasion for Manchester United as – unlike Everton and despite Saturday’s...

This match was moved to Sunday afternoon so it could be shown live in India yet those tuning in across Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and elsewhere would have been forgiven for turning off early given the very English contest on show: plenty of huff and puff but very little quality. For Ronald Koeman it...

It wasn’t just José Mourinho who was cautious – by keeping Henderson, Wijnaldum and Can on, Liverpool’s manager shunned the hyperactive approach It’s not something you often have to consider, but what if José Mourinho was right? What if, on Saturday, there was for once no bluff or manipulation, n...

The Republic of Ireland manager, once the favourite to succeed Sir Alex Ferguson at Manchester United, is unfortunate never to have had a chance at one of the biggest clubs Blink, and you might have missed the part Shepshed Charterhouse, in the puddles and potholes of the Northern Premier League,...

Following the goalless draw at Anfield, the managers of Liverpool and Manchester United spell out their interpretation of the game. José Mourinho concedes that Liverpool's midfield was better than his, while Jürgen Klopp praises his team's defending and laments their inability to convert their bi...

José Mourinho came for a point at Anfield yet Manchester United could ultimately regret not exploiting Liverpool’s defensive vulnerabilities First the good parts of Manchester United’s performance at Anfield. With 34 minutes gone David de Gea produced a genuinely wonderful save, sticking out his...

• Manchester United manager says game was like ‘chess’ in second half • Jürgen Klopp: You could not play this way at Liverpool José Mourinho defended Manchester United’s tactics after a 0-0 draw at Anfield that left Jürgen Klopp remarking that he would never set up his Liverpool side in such a de...

If nothing else, Liverpool should probably take it as a compliment that Manchester United would choose to approach the game this way. It was the second successive season this fixture has ended in a goalless draw and it didn’t need an overly suspicious mind to deduce that José Mourinho had decided...

Premier League latest as Man Utd head to Anfield (12.30pm BST kick-off) Introducing our new football notifications on the Guardian app And feel free to email rob.smyth@theguardian.com 11.42am BST There is a suggestion that United will play 3-4-2-1 : De Gea; Smalling, Jones, Darmian; Valencia, Her...

• Manager is resolute despite trailing Manchester United by seven points • ‘I don’t think I’m the perfect manager, I just think I’m perfect for this club’ Jürgen Klopp has claimed he would quit as Liverpool manager the moment he harboured any doubt over his ability to end the club’s prolonged wai...

Most of the pressure will be on Liverpool in the Saturday lunchtime kick-off and a counterattacking strategy could pay dividends for José Mourinho’s side I think if United don’t concede in the first 20 or 30 minutes then they can go on and win this match. Most of the pressure is on Liverpool – Sa...

José Mourinho is well-equipped to exploit Liverpool’s weaknesses with the power, organisation and counter-attacking style of his joint league leaders but that would require a different strategy to what he successfully employed at Anfield last season. Marouane Fellaini and Paul Pogba are big misse...

• Liverpool manager says Henderson should have been rested by Southgate • Klopp also unhappy at lack of time before Manchester United game Jürgen Klopp has criticised Gareth Southgate’s use of Jordan Henderson during the international break and claimed it made “no sense” to play the Liverpool cap...

José Mourinho says his Manchester United side will be faced with 'huge animosity' at Anfield on Saturday but is confident his players will relish the atmosphere on Merseyside. 'This is want we want. It's beautiful to play at Anfield, ' says the United manager ‘It is beautiful to play at Anfield,...

• Manchester United manager says his team will thrive amid ‘huge animosity’ • ‘When we play at home and we don’t see big enthusiasm … we complain’ José Mourinho believes Manchester United will thrive in the “huge animosity” of Anfield on Saturday because his players will relish the atmosphere. Un...

The Manchester United and Spain player talks about his Common Goal project, which wants to see 1% of football’s entire industry donated to charity, his relationship with José Mourinho and the death of his grandfather Ninety minutes with Juan Mata is a time full of space and light. It’s a little l...

Tell the storm that today’s rumours are new When the Mill read that Danny Rose is about to become the subject of a bidding war between Manchester United and Manchester City , we put “Danny Rose” into Google and discovered he’s a left-back who played for Tottenham Hotspur 10 months ago. Then we im...

When the Centenary Stand at Anfield is named after the Liverpool legend, the former Manchester United manager will be adding his congratulations The Centenary Stand at Anfield becomes the Kenny Dalglish Stand on Friday and the guest list for the renaming ceremony both confirms and challenges the...

Liverpool are a better side than they were at the end of Brendan Rodgers’ reign but a rampant Manchester United visit Anfield on Saturday and will be 10 points ahead of their rivals if they win Welcome back, then, the Premier League. Now. Where were we? Tasked with hitting the big dramatic notes...

Today’s fluff is bold The gap between transfer windows is, more and more, a repository for many of those big deals that didn’t quite get struck before the late-August witching hour. It means some all-too familiar faces keep the Mill churning at this time of year and one is them is Alex Sandro , t...